Virtuoso Life publishes Christopher P. Baker’s article ‘How to Visit Cuba’
Check out my latest story, ‘How to Visit Cuba,’ published in the September 2015 edition of Virtuoso Life…
Recommended read: The Last Soldiers of the Cold War
On December 17, 2014, as Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro simultaneously announced that the USA and Cuba would restore diplomatic relations, two small planes landed at Andrews Air Force...
National Geographic Traveler publishes my latest Cuba story
See my latest story, “Cuba on the Cusp,” in the May 2015 issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER.
PRESIDENT OBAMA EASES UP ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CUBA
It’s long overdue, but today’s announcement by President Obama that he is reinstating formal diplomatic relations with Cuba after six decades in the cold is exhilarating. I congratulate the President...
DOES U.S. INTERESTS SECTION IN HAVANA SCAM CUBAN VISA APPLICANTS?
Like many Cubans, Luis Enrique González was ecstatic when in January 2013 his government lifted the much-hated restrictions on freedom to travel abroad. He dreamed of visiting his father in...
Moon Havana Spotlight guidebook to be released… Pre-order now!
Visiting Cuba? Pre-order the latest version of my MOON HAVANA SPOTLIGHT guidebook...
Obama and Castro shake hands in the spirit of Nelson Mandela
I WAS THRILLED THAT President Obama showed the right stuff and shook Cuban leader Raúl Castro’s hand during the memorial service to Nelson Mandela. Mandela, who embodied the very essence...
National Geographic Expeditions announces new 11-day tour of Eastern Cuba
National Geographic Expeditions has announced a new 11-day Cuba tour: ‘Eastern Cuba: Crossroads of History & Culture’. I’m thrilled to have been asked to lead the first of five trips...
How bad is the recent cholera outbreak in Cuba, and should you go?
A full year has passed since the first reports of the first reappearance of cholera in Cuba in decades, yet it appears that the island still hasn’t contained the outbreak,...
help end the travel ban to Cuba for U.S. citizens
In 2011, President Obama liberalized travel to Cuba for Cuban-Americans, students and religious travel, and created a new category–People-to-People–that permits ALL U.S. citizens to participate in “educational exchange” programs. But...
